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Delhi’s drowning in Covid cases

Rising numbers
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Rising numbers
The national capital is on the verge of reporting 30,000 cases, the third highest case count in the country, after Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
Hospitals full
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Hospitals full
With cases rising rapidly, the Delhi government is also struggling with inadequate health infrastructure and a host of other problems, the foremost of which is how the disease is spreading
Phase 3?
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Phase 3?
While India has not yet reached the third stage of a pandemic - community transmission - it is increasingly looking like Delhi has.
Kejriwal
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Kejriwal
For a city already grappling with cases, the city is further handicapped by its Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, showing COVID-like symptoms and going into self isolation until his test results come in
Selective admission
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Selective admission
Even as the city tries to figure out whether the virus is spreading via the community, it has restricted access to its hospitals to only locals of the city, in a bid to accommodate patients in already overflowing hospitals
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